Slow management/ App misinformation - Several Roles Safeway Employee Review

1.0
May 17, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

Walking distance from my home.

Cons

Management has a slow response time after a cashier requests for an override. This holds the line up and frustrates customers as there are very few cashier's. The App is too confusion for customers and cashier's have to train the customers how to use it while at the register, holding up the line to do an App walk through/ demo during a transaction as customers in line wait for it to be understood. I was told on my first interview that I would be going into management for the PIC position so I settled for a lower pay rate as I was under the impression it would eventually increase. Found out later through Union staff it wasn't even possible for a new hire like me to go into management within months of being hired. I was suckered into settling for less than I deserve. Store is hiring yet not giving current employees enough hours, not using the availability of staff. Giving 4 hours when an employee is available for 8+. Poor time management.

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Pros

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Cons

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3.0
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Pros

Friendly environment and great co-workers. Being a floral clerk was hands down my favorite customer service job I've worked. Made some nice friends working there, and the stress of work was easily handled because of the friendly people.

Cons

Seniority was definitely a thing. I was expected to take shifts that the other people didn't want until someone newer came along, and then I had seniority over them. Upper management for the store was also the worst. They would take credit for our department's hard work and shift blame onto us for oversights or actions on their part. Once I got promoted to admin, I saw how little they cared about their employees. They would make passing comments and openly admit to giving certain employees who were "problem people" bad shifts or deny their requests for days off. I was in charge of making the schedule and would be told not to give certain people the days they wanted that week, even if they were within their availability, just to make things difficult for them. They also don't promote from within. I was asked to be the interim manager when our manager went on maternity leave. I stepped up and took on manager duties despite not getting a pay raise. When my manager decided she wanted to move stores, she was hoping I would be given the role permanently. Instead, they decided to bring in someone from another store, and I had to train her to be a floral manager at ours. They did eventually promote me to store admin, but my passion was working in floral. I agreed on the promotion as long as I could still work in the floral department, but they eventually phased me out of that role. Literally tricked me into taking a promotion and then falling back on the terms we agreed on.

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